Some might find this slightly patronizing. Could it be that Cook doesn't actually think for himself? Or could it be that he's really quite thoughtful about such twisted entities as politics?

"He probably doesn't think that much about politics," Pelosi said.

Apple didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

I have a feeling, though, that Cook thinks about politics all the time. As he watches governments around the world lurch from seemingly inebriated insanity to crass mendacity to overt pocket-lining to nauseating rhetoric to stultifying incompetence, he tries to navigate a huge company and protect its interests.

It's long been the practice of many CEOs to offer support to both political parties in America. America has a system that allows for corporate donation, one that some find destructive.

What's the point, though, of completely alienating either side? You might have to do business with both. You might have to try to influence both.

"Everybody has the right to do whatever they want to do," she told the Chronicle. "But when they say, 'We don't like what Trump says, but we'll donate to his party,' they're either naive or they think we're naive."

I'm not sure if the "we" who Pelosi suggests are naive are all Americans, all Democrats, or just herself and her entourage.

It could be, however, that people in the outside world -- including those leading businesses -- aren't so unworldly about politics and its workings.

When Trump says that Hillary Clinton went to his wedding because he donated to her campaigns in the past, some might stop and wonder what sort of business politics is.

The politics of business and the business of politics are tightly entwined.

Could it be that Cook understands this, hears Pelosi's words and thinks: "Oh, politicians. They're all the same, aren't they?"